Never Been Kissed Page #7

EXT. PARKING LOT - CONTINUOUS

Josie steps out of the car wearing the maribou jacket,

earrings, and white jeans. She shuts the door behing her,

starts walking. She has unknowingly shut her jacket in the

door and as she walks, a piece of maribou rips, trailing

behind her like a tail.

JOSIE:

Yeah, okay. Feeling good...

INT. SCHOOL LOBBY - SAME

Josie merges with the throngs of kids and is literally

pushed into the lobby. She stares around, overwhelmed. "Go

Rams!" banners share space with signs that read: "63 DAYS

TIL PROM!" She inches her way along the wall until she is

stopped by a guard who grabs her arm.

GUARD:

Hey--where are you going?

JOSIE:

Oh, I'm a student. Most definitely

a student. In high school. Here. I

am going to class. With my fellow

students.

(greeting random

kids)

Hi. Hi there.

The guard stares at her a beat and then motions behind

them, to three huge metal detectors that the kids are

filtering through. Josie smiles, "whoops," walks back.

GUARD:

(under his breath)

Freak.

INT. SCHOOL LOBBY - MINUTES LATER

Josie's stuff lays out on the post-detector table - cell

phone, laptop, mini tape recorder, electronic organizer,

pager, being scrutinized by the guard. Josie's sure she's

been found out. CAMERA WIDENS. Down from Josie, WE SEE

other kids' belongings spread out. They have the identical

high-tech equipment. The guard picks up Josie's nail file,

examines it -

GUARD:

Weapon.

And throws it in the trash.

INT. HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY - MORNING

Josie stares at her class card and eyes the classrooms,

totally lost. She approaches a boy in a flannel shirt and

loose jeans.

JOSIE:

Hi--um, I'm looking for Room 204,

Ms. Knox?

As soon as the boy starts to talk, we notice something in

his mouth - a tongue pierce. Josie does too. We ZOOM IN on

that shiny little metal ball. Josie is fixated. So fixated

that we stop hearing the boy's voice. All WE SEE is the

mouth - and that ball - moving. The mouth closes. He's

done. Josie's face is contorted in imagined pain.

JOSIE:

Ow.

(catching herself)

I mean, wow. Wow. Great directions.

Clear. Concise.

And Josie takes off, totally embarrassed.

BOY:

(under his breath)

Freak.

INT. HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY - MORNING

Josie walks up to Room 204. Opening the door, she's met by

a sea of faces.

MS. KNOX, mid-forties, distracted but bubbly, sits in the

front of the class.

MS. KNOX

Hi - hello. Wilkommen. Entre.

Josie walks in. Kids whisper and snicker.

JOSIE:

Sorry I'm late.

MS. KNOX

Yes, well, I'm sorry I forgot to

take my hot flash medication this

morning. Josie, right? Please sit.

Mi casa es su casa.

Josie makes her way to the desk, trailing maribou. The

class titters. She sits in front of two girls, KIRSTEN and

KRISTEN, beautiful and intimidating.

KIRSTEN:

That is so sad --

KRISTEN:

I know, like five chickens had to

die just so she could look that

stupid.

MS. KNOX

Josie, in my classroom, tardiness

is unacceptable --

JOSIE:

I'm really sorry --

Ms. Knox pulls a ridiculously huge sombrero out from under

her desk. The class laughs in recognition.

MS. KNOX

Not as sorry as I am.

Ms. Knox puts the sombrero on a less-than-thrilled Josie.

MS. KNOX

Ole! Ten minutes in this hat, you'll

never be late again. So, let's

hear something about you. Stand

up. Stand up.

Josie does. The sombrero drops over her eyes. She adjusts

it so she can read her notecards.

CLOSE UP on the notecard --it's filled with precise script

under a heading:
MY PAST.

She scans it, then flips the cards face-down on the desk.

Confidently she begins --

JOSIE:

My name is Josie. I'm a high school

student. I came from --

Just then the classroom door opens. WE SEE from Josie's

perspective a blinding light, Josie squints. From the light

emerges a shadowy vision of Billy Prince.

JOSIE:

Billy?

Josie blinks, REVEAL not Billy, but a beautiful guy, Guy.

He stands very close to her.

JOSIE:

(catching herself)

BALI.

(another beat)

I'm from Billy-Bali. It's a suburb

of Bali proper.

Guy pushes past her, tosses a wooden hall pass to Ms. Knox,

and moves to his seat.

MS. KNOX

Bali. Fascinating! What did your

family do there?

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